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    Maximum altitude of the thermal (Potential of height of the Thermal - Mixed Layer Height)

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    • AlvarnegroA
      Alvarnegro | Premium
      last edited by

      It would be wonderful if Windytv offered a layer showing the maximum altitude of a thermal. Extremely useful for free flight pilots (paragliding, gliders, hang gliders, aerostatic balloons).
      Usually expressed in NOAA meteograms as "Mixed Layer Height" this is an essential data for the flight
      Is it possible to contemplate this possibility in the future?

      Thanks

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      • TZT
        TZ Administrator
        last edited by

        @Alvarnegro Hi! Yes we are planning to add such features. Are you a paraglider?

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        • AlvarnegroA
          Alvarnegro | Premium
          last edited by

          Yes! I am a obsessed by the weather, paraglider pilot. ;)

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          • R
            reichel
            last edited by

            Cant wait to see this feature...

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            • titorezzoliT
              titorezzoli | Premium
              last edited by

              Cant wait!!

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              • ?
                A Former User
                last edited by

                I wonder if Tucker Gott knows about Windy?

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                • razimcbaziR
                  razimcbazi @TZ | Premium
                  last edited by

                  @TZ 3+ years have passed - any luck on this feature?

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                  • vicbV
                    vicb Paraglider | Premium
                    last edited by

                    That would be a really nice addition for free flight pilots !

                    Is this data provided by the weather models ?

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                    • KorinaK
                      Korina @vicb
                      last edited by

                      @vicb Hello, thank you for suggestion, once we gather enough feedbacks, we may add it.

                      Korina

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                      • vicbV
                        vicb Paraglider | Premium
                        last edited by

                        Thanks @Korina

                        I sent those info to Marek:

                        It seems like the parameter we are looking for is HPBL (see https://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/products/gfs/gfs.t00z.sfluxgrbf00.grib2.shtml variable #109) and some description of the Boundary layer in https://vlab.ncep.noaa.gov/web/gfs/documentation section 1.2.2
                        It's not exactly clear to me if this parameter HPBL is part of the GFS variables.

                        ECMWF seems to have it too: https://apps.ecmwf.int/codes/grib/param-db?id=260083

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                        • Boris StählyB
                          Boris Stähly Paraglider @Korina
                          last edited by

                          @korina said in Maximum altitude of the thermal (Potential of height of the Thermal - Mixed Layer Height):

                          once we gather enough feedbacks, we may add it.

                          Hi Korina, there are 30 thousand paraglider pilots in Germany alone... I am pretty sure that most of them would be very pleased if Windy would offer thermal analysis and free flight specific information. How can we pilots give you the feedback that you need for adding the layers?

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                          • KorinaK
                            Korina @Boris Stähly
                            last edited by

                            @boris-stähly Hi, thank you for your interest, there is no certain date, when this might be developed, but it is on list of future ideas.

                            Korina

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                            • mikkokaarM
                              mikkokaar Developers @Korina | Premium
                              last edited by

                              Boundary layer would be an interesting part to see visualized.

                              You could make it premium, label it experimental and stash it in some weird container where it can live even if it was buggy or otherwise non perfect, and subject to change or removal later on.

                              Then it'd be a matter of defining a scale and creating & serving tiles for a specific parameter of a model right? You could also add more parameters for experimentation without perhaps committing to them fully. Might even generate the tiles runtime, even if that was slower, just to make it easier to experiment with parameters and see what would finally make it's way to the actual list of layers

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                              • vicbV
                                vicb Paraglider | Premium
                                last edited by

                                Check https://community.windy.com/topic/16458/windy-com-introduces-soaring-forecast

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